On 25 Aug 2003 at 17:37, Tom Lane wrote: > I'm starting to look at updating the docs to match 7.4 error message > spellings. I find that a large part of the work I'll have to do is in > updating the "Diagnostics" (formerly "Outputs") section of the command > reference pages.
Do you have a URL for that. I was looking at http://developer.postgresql.org/docs/postgres/index.html and didn't find it. > I am wondering if it wouldn't be better to just rip > out these sections entirely. They seem like nearly content-free fluff > to me --- the listings of possible error messages are always incomplete, > often out of date, and arguably useless. If there is an error message > that's not clear enough by itself, we'd better fix the error message > instead of putting a gloss on it in the reference page. > > Comments? I have never been a fan of error codes. I think that the error messages should contain enough information to fix the error. It saves the reader time and reduces the load on support mechanisms (e.g. the mailing lists). -- Dan Langille : http://www.langille.org/ ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 4: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster
